A Strategy and Results Framework for the Reformed CGIAR

l Agriculture in the developing world faces unprecedented challenges. Rising and volatile food prices, coupled with increasing pressure on natural resources, have emerged as severe threats to the world's poor and hungry. Climate change and variability will exacerbate these threats in the coming decades. l At the same time, rapid advances in science and technology, combined with a better understanding of small-scale producers' needs, offer unprecedented opportunities. l The context of the CGIAR's research is changing. National agricultural research organizations in some developing countries have become significant international players. The private sector is playing a greater role. l To overcome the challenges and exploit the opportunities, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has undertaken a reform process. l The new CGIAR Strategy and Results Framework defines four system-level outcomes – reduction in poverty, increased global food security, improvement of nutrition and better management of natural resources – that will shape the CGIAR's research in the coming years, and will in turn be measurably improved by that research. l CGIAR Research Programs will be the main organizational mechanism for planning and conducting research and will be built on three core principles: impact on the four system-level outcomes; integration across CGIAR core competencies; and appropriate partnerships at the different stages of R&D. CGIAR research will reflect the important role of women in agriculture. l The proposed portfolio includes 15 CGIAR Research Programs that will require a system-wide budget of US$790 million for the first year (2011), with an annual increase of around US$100 million for the next three years.